CO-FOUNDER

Kelly Stephenson

Kelly is the co-founder of Grace Nova Counseling and a licensed professional counselor since 2005. She has many years experience working with clients in private practice, inpatient treatment centers, private non-profit, and church settings.

Kelly is an attachment focused therapist who approaches counseling with the belief that it can be a life-changing experience where deep transformation can occur. Kelly believes that when we experience health in our relationships with self and others we are able to live our lives in fullness.  She enjoys working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Her areas of clinical interest include relationship counseling, premarital counseling, anxiety, depression, body image, family system issues, grief, and trauma.

Kelly has received advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, families, and individuals, as well as Gottman Method levels 1 and 2. She is certified in the PREPARE/ ENRICH assessment for her work with families as well as couples seeking premarital and marriage counseling. Kelly is also an EMDR certified therapist, an evidence-based therapy that helps clients heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Kelly is a board approved supervisor for those seeking licensure in the state of Virginia.

Kelly and her husband, David, live in the Northern Virginia area with their three sons.